Search for dissertations about: "religionshistoria"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 107 swedish dissertations containing the word religionshistoria.

2. 21. The Barabudur : A Synopsis of Buddhism

   Author : Johan af Klint; Peter Jackson Rova; Klemens Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Abhayagirivihara; Advayasadhana; bas-relief; Bhatara Hyang Buddha; Buddha; Huayan; latticed stupa; mandala; Mantranaya; Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan; Shingon; sunyata; tathagathagarbha; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The aim of this PhD-dissertation is – on the one hand – to present in a critical and comprehensive manner an update of recent findings among Western scholars regarding the Barabudur monument and its illustrations of various Buddhist traditions, and – on the other hand – to throw some light on some of the outstanding issues regarding this monument. Focus has been laid on the religious aspects with a view of ascertaining which forms of Buddhism are most prominently represented on the monument. READ MORE

4. 22. Gracious Traditions : Contemporary Transnational Egyptian Post-Tariqa Sufism

   Author : Frederic Brusi; Susanne Olsson; Marja Liisa Keinänen; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Post-tariqa; Islam; Egypt; Saints; Religion in migration; Invisible Muslims; Individualization of religion; barzakh; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : An overarching aim of this study is to contribute to the developing body of studies of non-organized and thereby “invisible” Muslims in the West. The thesis probes into the question of what Sufism means in the individual lives of seven Muslims in the US and Sweden who share a relatively privileged Egyptian socio-economic background. READ MORE

5. 23. Satanic Feminism : Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture

   Author : Per Faxneld; Erik af Edholm; Peter Jackson; Henrik Bogdan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Satanism; feminism; gender; esotericism; witches; Lilith; theosophy; socialism; homosexuality; gothic; decadence; romanticism; counter-reading; counter-myth; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : Enligt Bibeln var Eva först med att lyssna till ormen och äta av den förbjudna frukten. Tanken på kvinnan som Satans utvalda är framträdande under stora delar av kristendomens historia. Under 1800-talet kom feminister att börja läsa denna misogyna tradition motvalls. READ MORE

6. 24. Studies in the Kalacakra Tantra : A History of the Kalacakra in Tibet and a Study of the Concept of Adibuddha, the Fourth Body of the Buddha and the Supreme Unchanging

   Author : Urban Hammar; Per-Arne Berglie; John Newman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; Kalacakra; Adibuddha; tantra; Dalai Lama; the unchanging; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The study treats the the tantric Buddhist system of teachings of Kalacakra, today a well-known teaching and initiation given since 1970 by the present Dalai Lama at mass ceremonies around the world. The Kalacakra was first introduced by Bhadrabodhi and Gyi-jo in the eleventh century, another example of successful cooperation between an Indian pandit and a Tibetan translator. READ MORE

7. 25. The Taizhou Movement : Being Mindful in Sixteenth Century China

   Author : Johanna Lidén; Olof Sundqvist; Roger Greatrex; Joachim Gentz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Taizhou movement; Confucianism; Neo-Confucianism; Wang Gen; religious ideas; religious praxis; self-respect; self-protection; calming the mind; Wang Yangming; Buddhism; Yan Jun; Daoism; He Xinyin; Luo Rufang; religious persecution; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to define and analyze the religious ideas, praxis and organizations of the Taizhou movement using the earliest sources from the Ming dynasty. The Taizhou movement originated with a salt merchant named Wang Gen (1483–1541), who became a disciple of the well-known Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming (1472–1529). READ MORE